Earning an Associate's Degree in Accounting — Financial Investigation,
opens the door to an exciting career path in the high demand area of fraud
detection and prevention, while providing a complete and solid core in
accounting skills. Companies are concerned with preventing loss due to fraud
and have realized the importance of having skilled and trained financial
investigation professionals on staff. Tax evasion, public corruption, health
care fraud, telemarketing fraud and terrorist financing are just a few of the
types of crimes that revolve around money. In these cases, a Financial
Investigation often becomes the key to a conviction. Traditional law
enforcement relies on investigative tools such as crime scene analysis,
physical evidence, fingerprint identification or eyewitness accounts. The
limitations of these techniques become obvious to those who are trying to prove
wrongdoing in a sophisticated financial crime. With no proof, there is no
conviction.